In Their Own Best Interest : : A History of the U.S. Effort to Improve Latin Americans / / Lars Schoultz.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Harvard University Press Complete eBook-Package 2018
• VerfasserIn: Schoultz, Lars,
• Place / Publishing House: Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2018]; ©2020
• Year of Publication: 2018
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (400 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Introduction: Altruists and Realists --; 1. Establishing the Need for Improvement --; 2. Uplifting Begins: The War of 1898 --; 3. Money Doctors, Democracy Doctors, and Marines --; 4. Latin American Opposition and the Retreat from Protectorates --; 5. Pledging to Be a Good Neighbor --; 6. Breaking New Ground: Uplifting Institutions --; 7. To Improve or Not to Improve? The Cold War Question --; 8. Cuba Determines the Answer --; 9. Losing Panache, Entrenching Institutions --; 10. The Evolution from Economic to Political Improvement --; 11. Promoting Good Governance --; Conclusion: Whose Best Interests? --; Abbreviations --; Notes --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9780674989016; 9783110606621
• DOI: 10.4159/9780674989016
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Lars Schoultz.

For over a century the U.S. has “improved” the peoples of Latin America by promoting everything from representative democracy and economic development to oral hygiene. How did this paternalistic practice evolve and spread globally and what are the troubling consequences for a country with a habit of giving—and for others with a habit of receiving?